The Study of the Idea of “Educational System” in the Age of the Revelation of the Quran and Its Reflection in Quranic Understanding

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maryam peymani ¹ (PH. D. student in Quran and Hadith Studies, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.)
Mahdi Motia ² (Associated Professor in Quran and Hadith Studies, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.)
mahdie khorsandi ³ (PH. D. student in Quran and Hadith Studies, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.)

Received: 2019-06-30 Accepted : 2019-11-30 Published : 2020-01-21

Keywords: Science, pen, Notion, education, lesson,

Abstract :

The first verses revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) emphasize science and education and introduce teaching of the unknown as an act of God: “taught the human what he did not know” (95/5). The verses of the Quran demonstrate the manifest existence of this notion in the audience’s mind at the age of the Quran’s Revelation, pointing to tools such as pen (al-qalam) and line (satr). In order to find out about the pre-Islamic education system and reaction of the Quran to it, this research has analyzed the verses, focusing on some keywords such as “knowledge” (ilm), “teachings” (dars), “line” (satr) and “pen” (al-qalam). In the next step, it is attempted to complete the findings of the previous step by the use of historical reports. From the perspective of the verses, one and perhaps the most important mission of the prophets is teaching of the Book and the Wisdom to the people, besides, Quran has not been oblivious to the nourishment of the soul, referring to its importance under the name of “purification of the soul” and asserts the direct relationship of these two _teaching of the Book and the Wisdom, and purification of the soul.